College of Education and Human Development

Education:
B.S., Secondary Science Education – Montana State University, Bozeman
M.S., Counseling and Development – Texas Woman’s University, Denton
Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision – Texas A&M, Commerce

Research Interests:
In brief I am interested in supervision and development of school counselors. In particular I am interested in furthering the findings of Skovholt and Ronnestad (1993) with counselors and psychologist to understand the development of school counselors into seminal practitioners in the field. What are the factors that lead to great school counselors as well as what factors create an identity of a counselor in an educational setting, with all the skills and theory of a opposed to an educator in an educational setting.  To this ends I am interested in the efficacy of school counselors on campus, including how school counselors can lend their skills to creating rigorous and relevant curriculum that threads together social and emotional needs along side the academic needs of schools.

Courses Taught:
-  Internship
- Counseling Diversity 
- Play Therapy
- Group Counseling
- School Counseling
- Research Methods
- Research Principles

State and National Awards:
2005 ACA Ross Trust 
2006 Texas Middle school Counselor of the Year 
2005 CSI Fellow, 2005 CSI Service to the Chapter
2007 Truax Foundation Award, 2010 Texas Hero Award
2011 Texas Counseling Association Distinguished Service Award

Professional Experience:
I started my journey in education in 1995 as a middle and high school science teacher in Montana; I worked for two more years teaching science in the state of Texas.  I stayed at home for the next six years to raise my two daughters before returning to school to obtain my Masters degree.  I worked as a middle school counselor in an inner city, title one school for seven year before becoming a Counselor Educator at BGSU.  During those seven years I completed my PhD, obtained my counseling license, worked in local counseling agencies and adjunct taught at Tarleton University and Texas A&M teaching both traditional and online courses.  Bowling Green is a wonderful place that I am happy to now call home.

Licenses
NCC, LPC, LSC